According to this quarterly survey, developers are moving to HTML5 programming to avoid the fragmentation problems that Android has. Hybrid apps seem to be growing more popular. Write once (in HTML5) and run everywhere.

Well, not an unexpected development, but nevertheless a very welcome one. :) It makes perfect sense, too, though performance is still an issue (even simple HTLM5 games are currently sluggish on my iPad2 with iOS 5.1).

There's also this in the article:

"Appcelerator asked if HTML5 was going to be a component of people's apps in 2012, and 79 percent it was. But only 6 percent plan to make all-out Web app that runs in a browser; a much larger 72 percent plan a hybrid approach that wraps native interface elements around an app that relies on a browser engine behind the scenes."

[QUOTE=Mivo] Well, not an unexpected development, but nevertheless a very welcome one. :) It makes perfect sense, too, though performance is still an issue (even simple HTLM5 games are currently sluggish on my iPad2 with iOS 5.1).

There's also this in the article:

"Appcelerator asked if HTML5 was going to be a component of people's apps in 2012, and 79 percent it was. But only 6 percent plan to make all-out Web app that runs in a browser; a much larger 72 percent plan a hybrid approach that wraps native interface elements around an app that relies on a browser engine behind the scenes."

It's still a great trend for us HTML5 enthusiasts. .)[/QUOTE]

Right now, hybrid looks very easy to do in iOS and Android. Because HTML5 is so reuseable, it seems easy to make an app, slap it into a web view, and Bob's your uncle, you have an app! This seems particularly true for games. I'm excited!